"County Championship debut against Leicestershire in Derbyshire's final County Championship match in the same season. The following season he became a regular member of the Derbyshire team and made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the 1991 Refuge Assurance League. The 1991 season highlighted Cork's early potential as a potent all-rounder: he scored first-class 423 runs at a batting average of 21.15, with a high score of 44 and took 57 first-class wickets at a bowling average of 25.62. A performance of note came against a strong Essex team, with Cork taking figures of 8/53 in the Essex first-innings."
"county in a County Championship match against Northamptonshire. Cork's early days at his new county brought mixed fortunes, suffering a loss of form in 2004, coupled with relegation from Division One of the County Championship. Cork's maiden season with Lancashire did see him play a role in taking them to finals day in the Twenty20 Cup at Edgbaston, where he played in their semi-final defeat by Surrey. He was awarded his county cap in 2004. The county were promoted back to Division One the following season, a season in which Cork took 46 first-class wickets at 26, and 17 List"
"his county cap in 1986. At the end of the 1988 season he moved counties to Northamptonshire, where he was a regular in the team until 1994. His best season was in 1990, scoring 1538 first-class runs at an average of 41.56. He played in two Natwest Trophy finals for Northamptonshire, finishing on the losing side against Lancashire in 1990, and beating Leicestershire two years later. Since retiring from cricket, he has maintained links with Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, being Commercial director from 1999–2002, and serving on both the cricket and general committees. He is currently managing director of a"
"the fifth county championship to be created in Cork, after the senior, intermediate, junior and minor championships. Due to the limited time frame that players compete in the grade, it has proved difficult for individual clubs to dominate the championship. In spite of this, several clubs have enjoyed limited dominance over the years. Between 1990 and 1994 St. Finbarr's dominated the championship with much of the same team by winning four championships in five seasons. Newtownshandrum ended the century by winning three successive championships between 1998 and 2000. The first decade of the new century saw Erin's Own dominate by"
"The most successful county, Lancashire, has won the competition 25 times, followed by Gloucestershire (17) and Yorkshire (15). Lancashire (34) & Gloucestershire (33) have made the most appearances in contested finals. On four occasions the tournament final has been tied at full-time and a second leg rematch has been played. Two of these rematches were also tied and on these occasions (1907 and 1967) the finalists were declared joint winners. In 1991 the final match between Cornwall and Yorkshire was tied at full-time and extra time was played, with Cornwall winning 29–20. In 2001 the Championship did not take place"
"against Middlesex in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 one-day appearances for Durham, he took 5 wickets at an average of 31.40, with best figures of 3/34. While at Durham, he also played List A cricket for the Minor Counties cricket team in the 1989 and 1991 Benson & Hedges Cup's. Following Durham's elevation to first-class status at the end of the 1991 season, Conn's services were not retained by the county. For the 1992 season, he joined Northumberland, making his debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against Cheshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland"
"an average of 13.63, with a high score of 28. With the ball he took 26 wickets at an average of 22.72, with best figures of 4/16. On 2 October 2008 he joined Hampshire after signing a two-year deal, making his debut against Worcestershire in the 2009 County Championship at the Rose Bowl. Having been a key part of the Hampshire squad throughout the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy, where he played a part in guiding them to the final. In the final Cork helped Hampshire to a 6 wicket win. Cork was man-of-the-match, 16 years after his man-of-the-match performance for"
"Alan Quirke Alan Quirke (born 19 October 1976 in Innishannon, County Cork, Ireland) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Valley Rovers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1999 to 2013. Quirke plays Gaelic football with his local club Valley Rovers and has enjoyed much success with the great club. It was with UCC, however, that he tasted his first major success on the football field. In 1999 Quirke was the goalkeeper on the university's senior football team. That year UCC qualified for the county championship final. Footballing kingpins Nemo"
"of the 1989 season. He joined Welsh county Glamorgan for the 1990 season, making his debut for the county in a first-class match against Oxford University. Becoming a regular feature in the Glamorgan starting line-up in his first season, he played 21 first-class matches, taking 59 wickets at an average of 34.69, with two five wicket hauls and best figures of 5/40 against Gloucestershire, in a match in which he also took figures of 5/42. His performance helped Glamorgan to a 145 run victory. He ended his maiden season with the county as its second leading wicket-taker in the County"
"was working at the family brewery in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. However, with the start of World War II in 1939, Corke returned to the Raj to be with his parents. He was commissioned in his father's 16th Punjab Regiment in 1942 then later promoted lieutenant. In 1944, he was struck down with tuberculosis, which ended his time in the British Indian Army. Returning to England, he married Jean Armour, daughter of artist George Denholm Armour, in 1946. He made his debut for Suffolk against Berkshire in that same seasons Minor Counties Championship. He played regularly for Suffolk throughout the"
"the County Championship for the first time since 1950 when they shared the title. Luke Procter Luke Anthony Procter (born 24 June 1988) is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Northamptonshire. Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, Procter played for Cumberland in the Minor Counties Trophy in 2007. He first represented Lancashire in the Second XI Championship in 2006, made his List A debut in September 2009, against Warwickshire, opening the batting with Tom Smith, Procter scored 2 runs and suffered a broken thumb. Procter graduated from Lancashire's cricket academy, and after"
"County Cork County Cork () is a county in Ireland. It is the largest and southernmost county of Ireland, situated in the province of Munster and named after the city of Cork, Ireland's second-largest city. The Cork County Council is the local authority for the county. Its largest market towns are Mallow, Macroom, Midleton, and Skibbereen. In 2016, the county's population was 542,868, making it the third-most populous county in Ireland. Notable Corkonians include Michael Collins, Jack Lynch, and Sonia O'Sullivan. Cork borders four other counties; Kerry to the west, Limerick to the north, Tipperary to the north-east and Waterford"
"the county in a single List A match against Northamptonshire in the 1991 NatWest Trophy. In 2000, he represented the Worcestershire Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. Gary Williams (English cricketer) Gary Douglas Williams (born 1 September 1965) is a former English cricketer. Williams was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Williams made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Staffordshire in 1990 against Cumberland. From 1990 to 1991, he represented the county in 6 Championship matches, the last of which"
"cricket. He took trials as a right-winger at Aston Villa, but began working at the Rootes car factory. He joined Warwickshire in 1952, aged 17. He began his cricket career as a batsman, preferring to open the batting, became an all-rounder, batting further down the order, and ended as a bowler. He was very successful in first-class cricket, playing for Warwickshire from 1952–69, for Somerset from 1970–76, and for Glamorgan in 1977. He made his first-class debut in Warwickshire's last county championship match of the 1952 season, against Nottinghamshire, scoring 82 and 22 not out. This remains the highest county"
"Nicholas Denning Nicholas Alexander Denning (born 3 October 1978 in Ascot, Berkshire) is a former English cricketer active as a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. In 1999, Denning made his debut for Berkshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Kent Cricket Board. In 2000, he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Dorset. From 2000 to 2008, he represented the county in 29 Championship matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire in the 2008 Championship final, which Berkshire won. Furthermore, from 1999 to 2007, he represented the county in 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches,"
"1999, he represented the county in 6 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming against the Netherlands in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 matches, he took 4 wickets at an expensive bowling average of 67.25, with best figures of 2/69. Dominic Ralfs Dominic Francis Ralfs (born 16 December 1967) is a former English cricketer. Ralfs was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Hendon, Middlesex. Ralfs made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. From 1991 to 1999, he represented the county in 47 Minor Counties Championships"
"course, reached Croke Park to play in the All-Ireland Junior Final in 2009. Lancashire competed in the Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 4 of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship) for the first time in 2015. 2018 was their inaugural appearance in the national hurling league. They won the Allianz Hurling League Division 3B title at the first attempt. There are seven pitches in Lancashire: Two clubs from outside Lancashire play in Lancashire competitions also: Vincent Boyle Vin was born in Derry but spent most of his life in Liverpool. He was one of a group of young people who came under"
"A matches for the county, playing most regularly between 1985 and 1990. He scored 1,000 first-class runs in 1985, 1989 and 1990 and made 11 centuries for Kent. His highest score of 234 was made against Middlsex at Canterbury in 1990, the innings contributing to a Kent record score for the second wicket of 366 with Neil Taylor which lasted until 2017. He was awarded his county cap in 1985. After playing infrequently in 1991, Hinks moved to Gloucestershire for the start of the 1992 season, playing there until 1994. He played club cricket for Stroud Cricket Club and Thornbury"
"the state's leading fast bowlers, taking 46 wickets in the 2011–12 season of the Sheffield Shield to finish second in the competition's wicket-taking. Holding dual Australian and British citizenship, in March 2012 he signed to play county cricket for Glamorgan. Hogan was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, where he grew up and he made his debut for Merewether in the Newcastle grade cricket competition in 2003, at the age of 23. After playing two seasons with the club he moved to Sydney to play for Northern Districts in the Sydney grade cricket. After one season in Sydney, Hogan returned"
"himself as a front-line bowler in the County Championship. In 2004 he scored 39 wickets in the National League, equalling the record of Adam Hollioake. After seven years at Middlesex, Cook signed a contract with Kent at the end of 2004. He became a regular first teamer, mostly taking the new ball. He won the 2007 Twenty20 Cup and the 2009 County Championship Division Two title with the county. He retired from county cricket at the end of the 2012 county season. He had completed his coaching training to the highest level whilst still a player and took a role"
"Ballincollig GAA Ballincollig GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in the town of Ballincollig, County Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated with the Cork GAA board and plays in the Muskerry divisional competitions. In 2009, the club will participate in the Cork Senior Football Championship and the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship. The GAA itself was founded in 1884 and the first Cork County Board was formed in 1886 with 21 teams from across the county. Ballincollig were in this initial 21, however it was not until 1887 that the first record of entry into the Championship from"
"county against Northamptonshire in the 3rd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 career List-A matches, he scored 18 runs at a batting average of 18.00, with a high score of 11*. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 25.14, with best figures of 3/38. In 2004, he joined Dorset, where he made his debut for the county in the 2004 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. From 2004 to 2005, he represented the county in seven Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. He also represented Dorset"
"the Management of Jack Mc Nulty with selectors Vincent Cronin and Tom Coughlan.The team was coached by Caheragh native Tony O'Driscoll and captained by Sean Tobin. In 2003 the first-ever Cork County title came to the Parish. The Club were promoted to Junior 1 in 04 and reached the West Cork final in 07. They won the West Cork Junior League in 2009, defeating Kilmacabea in the final. The introduction of flax in the mid-18th century followed by the introduction of weaving families from the north of Ireland may have introduced bowling to West Cork. With the improvement in the"
"they appeared in seven finals and won four titles. The East Cork village of Carrigtwohill ended a 93-wait for their second championship title in 2011. In recent decades many rural and city-based clubs have also contested championship deciders without making a successful breakthrough. These include Ballyhea, Cloyne, Bride Rovers and Bishopstown. Educational institutions like University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology have also appeared in finals. 22 teams entered the inaugural championship in 1887 and a single elimination format was used. Each team was afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. The creation of the divisions"
"GAA competitions. It has won 5 Cork Senior Football Championships in 1989,1994, 2003, 2012 and 2013. It has also won 3 Munster Senior Club Football Championships in 1989, 1994 and 1997, when they were entered even though they had lost the County Final, due to the ineligibility of divisional side Beara. Castlehaven Castlehaven () is a civil parish in County Cork, Ireland. It is located some 75 km south west of Cork City on the coast and is made up of two key towns: Union Hall and Castletownshend. It also contains the hamlets of Rineen and Tragumna. The area is"
"A wickets at an average 27.47. This season was a marked improvement on Cork's debut season for Lancashire. In 2006, Lancashire mounted a challenge for the County Championship, with Cork taking 42 wickets at an average of 25.50. Lancashire were eventually beaten to the title by Sussex. Cork also played a key role in Lancashire's run to the final of the 2006 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, where they played Sussex. Opening the bowling with Kyle Hogg, Cork did not take any Sussex wickets, but did run-out Richard Montgomerie and Carl Hopkinson. His not out 35 in Lancashire's innings was in"
"Derek Kavanagh Derek Kavanagh (born 29 October 1980 in Tony Ville, High Street, Cork, Ireland) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Nemo Rangers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 2003 until 2010. Kavanagh was born in the Turner's Cross suburb of Cork City in 1980. The youngest of five sons (Pat, Larry, Joe, Paul, Derek) his first sporting love was soccer. Three Kavanagh brothers played with Casement Celtic and Tramore Athletic, two fierce city rivals, and grew up near Turner's Cross, home of the newly formed Cork City F.C.."
"Carrigaline GAA Carrigaline GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Carrigaline in County Cork, Ireland. The club fields both Gaelic football and hurling teams in competitions organised by Cork County Board. The club is part of the Carrigdhoun division of Cork. They are a Senior Football club, and a Premier Intermediate Hurling club. Cork Inter-county player Nicholas Murphy plays his club football with Carrigaline. Despite competing in numerous county finals such as Intermediate football final of 2003 and Intermediate hurling of 2006, Carrigaline failed to capture a county title. This was until October 12, 2008"
"While this was going on, representatives of the eight leading county clubs held a private meeting to discuss the method by which the county championship should in future be decided. The new competition began in the 1890 season and at first involved just the eight leading clubs: Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Sussex and Yorkshire. Subsequently, the championship has been expanded to 18 clubs by the additions at various times of Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Glamorgan, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Somerset, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. It is difficult to know when the concept of a county championship originated. While early matches were"
"in 1970, when they were two points behind U.C.C. at the end of a very exciting Cork Senior Hurling Championship Final. The First Officers of the Muskerry Divisional Board in 1925 were: Chairman, William Fitzgerald (Bride Valley) Secretary, Jimmy Long (Ballinora) Treasurer D.J.Walsh (Inniscarra) Muskerry GAA Muskerry GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling division located in the middle region of County Cork, Ireland. It is one of eight divisions of Cork GAA County Board. The division includes clubs from areas to the west of Cork city stretching to the county bounds with Kerry. Its name is derived from the"
"when they captured their first adult county after an Intermediate A Hurling win over Bandon. In 2009 they captured the football title, by beating Cill na Martra. In 2014 they secured their first top level county by defeating St. Finbarr's, in the Premier 1 Minor Football Final. In 2015 the club reached the Promised Land beating St. Michael's in the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship Final, on a scoreline of 0-12 to 0-11. Carrigaline GAA Carrigaline GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Carrigaline in County Cork, Ireland. The club fields both Gaelic football and"
"who have gone on to play County Cricket include Alan Wharton 1945 - 61 Lancashire and Leicester 1961 - 1963 ( 2 England caps in 1949) http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Players/0/857/857.html and Andrew Kennedy 1970 - 82 and the then Minor Counties side Durham. Andrew was 1975 Cricket writers young cricketer of the year. http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Players/30/30734/30734.html Colne play at the Horsfield in the east of Colne. This has been the club's home since its early years and has seen crowds of 10,000 people. A new pavilion was built in 1888 and this remained unaltered through much of twentieth century before being replaced in 1965 at"
"Cork Airport. The town has a strong tradition of GAA, its local team being Carbery Rangers, founded in 1887. In November 2003, Carbery Rangers won their first ever football County Junior A title, and subsequently a Junior Munster, Intermediate County, Munster, and All-Ireland titles. The club has since graduated to the senior ranks. Rosscarbery Rowing Club competes at regattas in West Cork and at the Irish Coastal Rowing Federation Championships each August. See Annals of Inisfallen (AI) Rosscarbery Rosscarbery () is a town in County Cork, Ireland. The town is on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay. Rosscarbery"